diff --git a/lib/uplink-gomobile/test-sim-dev.sh b/lib/uplink-gomobile/test-sim-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..802ec4d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/uplink-gomobile/test-sim-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+source $SCRIPTDIR/../../scripts/postgres-dev.sh
+
+$SCRIPTDIR/test-sim.sh
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diff --git a/scripts/postgres-dev.sh b/scripts/postgres-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..821a5cf5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/postgres-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+LOG_FILE=${STORJ_SIM_POSTGRES_LOG:-"storj-sim-postgres.log"}
+CONTAINER_NAME=storj_sim_postgres
+
+cleanup(){
+  docker rm -f $CONTAINER_NAME
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+docker run --rm -d -p 5433:5432 --name $CONTAINER_NAME postgres:9.6 -c log_min_duration_statement=0
+docker logs -f $CONTAINER_NAME > $LOG_FILE 2>&1 &
+
+STORJ_SIM_DATABASE=${STORJ_SIM_DATABASE:-"teststorj"}
+
+RETRIES=10
+
+until docker exec $CONTAINER_NAME psql -h localhost -U postgres -d postgres -c "select 1" > /dev/null 2>&1 || [ $RETRIES -eq 0 ]; do
+  echo "Waiting for postgres server, $((RETRIES--)) remaining attempts..."
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+docker exec $CONTAINER_NAME psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "create database $STORJ_SIM_DATABASE;"
+
+export STORJ_SIM_POSTGRES="postgres://postgres@localhost:5433/$STORJ_SIM_DATABASE?sslmode=disable"
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diff --git a/scripts/test-sim-backwards-dev.sh b/scripts/test-sim-backwards-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5e8ae4fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-sim-backwards-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+source $SCRIPTDIR/postgres-dev.sh
+
+$SCRIPTDIR/test-sim-backwards.sh
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diff --git a/scripts/test-sim-dev.sh b/scripts/test-sim-dev.sh
index 14a34e987..4de19cbbc 100755
--- a/scripts/test-sim-dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-sim-dev.sh
@@ -2,28 +2,6 @@
 
 SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-LOG_FILE=${STORJ_SIM_POSTGRES_LOG:-"storj-sim-postgres.log"}
-CONTAINER_NAME=storj_sim_postgres
-
-cleanup(){
-  docker rm -f $CONTAINER_NAME
-}
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-docker run --rm -d -p 5433:5432 --name $CONTAINER_NAME postgres:9.6 -c log_min_duration_statement=0
-docker logs -f $CONTAINER_NAME > $LOG_FILE 2>&1 &
-
-STORJ_SIM_DATABASE=${STORJ_SIM_DATABASE:-"teststorj"}
-
-RETRIES=10
-
-until docker exec $CONTAINER_NAME psql -h localhost -U postgres -d postgres -c "select 1" > /dev/null 2>&1 || [ $RETRIES -eq 0 ]; do
-  echo "Waiting for postgres server, $((RETRIES--)) remaining attempts..."
-  sleep 1
-done
-
-docker exec $CONTAINER_NAME psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "create database $STORJ_SIM_DATABASE;"
-
-export STORJ_SIM_POSTGRES="postgres://postgres@localhost:5433/$STORJ_SIM_DATABASE?sslmode=disable"
+source $SCRIPTDIR/postgres-dev.sh
 
 $SCRIPTDIR/test-sim.sh
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